Bob Collins
An unemployed man in Minnesota is taking a turtle back to its home in Kentucky.
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
By Bob Collins
Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.
Do you know this man?
Tucker gets a lift
Randy Moss, who needs ‘twin’ cities, hard lessons and the Minnesota Board of Pardons, who owns Congress, and the miracle of the day.
Things we never thought we’d see: Randy Moss appearing in an ad for a Congressional candidate.
A day in the life of a radio producer, after the flood, music from the junkyard, weather from wind turbines, and another episode of ‘you are …’
Are we going to live our lives or duck-and-cover because of the threat of terrorism? You often can’t do both, and a developing controversy over a bit of technology today shows why.
Still, we we’re shocked — shocked — to read today in the Rochester Post Bulletin that one of our favorite spots in all of Minnesota is not a lake at all.
The risks you take that you know have a high chance of misfortune, but you take them anyway. Confess here.